Infendo

by MisterInvisible, guest contributor The GameCube will die this year. Nintendo didn’t even bother showcasing the system or its upcoming releases at E3. Months before its release, the launch (and post-launch) titles for Wii sound better than the bulk of what’s available for the five year old GameCube. Maybe it’s because of the new gameplay capabilites with the Wiimote, but I feel...

Homebrew Legend of Zelda for a cell phone featuring Minish Cap graphics? It’s true and you can find all the details at the official project site for Zelda Mobile (download here). Now let’s get an official polished version from Nintendo for the GBA. Get to it, Nintendo! [via Joystiq]

Nintendo DS is being credited for single-handedly driving Q1 Japanese software sales to 30% growth from 207 billion Yen in 2005 to 277 billion Yen this year. GamesIndustry.biz writes: “The growth has been primarily attributed to Nintendo’s DS, which has managed not only to outstrip sales of Sony’s rival handheld system, the PSP, but also rules the software charts week after week....

After a long delay, the Infendo Weekly Poll is back, baby! Let us know how important market share is for your Nintendo loving self. How important is hardware market share to you? Nintendo for the win! I’d like Nintendo to stay/become small. As long as Nintendo keeps making games, I’m happy.

Since the Micro’s launch in the fall of last year, it’s been my weapon of choice for GBA gaming. I never liked using the original DS for GBA games, but the DS Lite with its superior buttons and screens has made me thing twice about ditching the Micro in favor of the Lite. Given the option, what do you play GBA games on?

In response to speculation yesterday that Nintendo’s Wii console might launch as early as September, Nintendo spokesperson, Yasuhiro Minagawa responded by saying: “There’s no change in our plan to release the console in the last quarter of this year. We are planning an announcement in September and it may be causing some confusion.” So the good news is we should know in Sep...

Sweet mockups! But would you really want one of these..?

We’re not sure about the validity of this claim, but apparently the Big N sent the above pictured DS Lite package to President George “Dubya” Bush for his birthday. This can’t be a publicity move, right? I mean, the man is tanking horribly in opinion polls, so I don’t know how this would benefit Nintendo PR.

Despite what SI Kids is saying, Chris Morris from CNN/Money believes Wii may hit store shelves in early October, over a month before the PS3’s expected late November launch. From the article: “A pre-November launch wouldn’t be an unusual move for the company. In fact, it was only with the GameCube that the company opted for a November release for a home system. The NES, which est...

Club Skill has put together their thoughts on what Nintendo needs to do if the company wants to return as the market share leader. From the article: “You’re back in the race Nintendo, and if you play the cards you’ve always had since the days of the NES, you could possibly come out of this battle on top. The games are what you’ve got, and with the graphical prowess of the P...

Happy Independence Day from all at Infendo. May the fireworks, barbecues, and games be great. What do you plan on doing today? Also 4cr writes: “Challenge Mode puts a forced scroll on all the levels [NSMB] just like with the original Super Mario Bros. game.” To unlock, go into the World Map pause screen, enter this button combination: L R L R X X Y Y, and the screen will flash “W...

If you haven’t already heard, the grapevine has it that Nintendo Wii will launch on November 6, this according to Sports Illustrated for Kids (pictured). Would Nintendo really break its launch date to a kids’ sports mag? My guess is this is speculative. Thoughts? [Thanks to all that sent this in]